Bill Text: NY S05779 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends provisions of law relating to authorizing certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with an event sanctioned by New York Road Runners.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-03 - SIGNED CHAP.80 [S05779 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05779-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5779

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 14, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend chapter 192 of the laws of 2011, relating to authorizing
          certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other juris-
          dictions to practice in this state in connection with an  event  sanc-
          tioned  by  New  York  Road  Runners,  in  relation  to  extending the
          provisions thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Chapter  192 of the laws of 2011, relating to authorizing
     2  certain health care professionals licensed to practice in  other  juris-
     3  dictions  to  practice  in  this state in connection with an event sanc-
     4  tioned by New York  Road  Runners,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills
     5  numbers S. 4023 and A. 5972, is amended to read as follows:
     6    Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision of law, any
     7  person who is licensed to practice as a physician,  physician's  assist-
     8  ant, massage therapist, physical therapist, chiropractor, dentist, opto-
     9  metrist, nurse, nurse practitioner, certified athletic trainer or podia-
    10  trist  in  another  state  or territory, who is in good standing in such
    11  state or territory and who has been  appointed  by  the  New  York  Road
    12  Runners to provide professional services at an event in this state sanc-
    13  tioned  by  the  New  York  Road  Runners, may provide such professional
    14  services to athletes  and  team  personnel  registered  to  train  at  a
    15  location  in  this  state or registered to compete in an event conducted
    16  under the sanction of the New York Road Runners  in  the  state  without
    17  first being licensed pursuant to the provisions of title 8 of the educa-
    18  tion  law. Such services shall be provided only four days before through
    19  one day after each of the following events:
    20    a. the Staten Island half marathon scheduled to be held on October 13,
    21  2019;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    b. the New York city marathon scheduled to  be  held  on  November  3,
     2  2019;
     3    c. the Brooklyn half marathon scheduled to be held on May 18, 2019 and
     4  May 16, 2020;
     5    d. the Bronx half marathon scheduled to be held on September 29, 2019;
     6    e. the Queens 10k scheduled to be held on June 15, 2019; and
     7    f.  the  New York city half marathon scheduled to be held on March 17,
     8  2019 and March 15, 2020.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    10  deemed repealed [January 31] June 30, 2020.
    11    §  2. This act shall take effect immediately and section 1 of this act
    12  shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as  a  chapter
    13  of  the laws of 2019, amending chapter 192 of the laws of 2011, relating
    14  to authorizing certain health care professionals licensed to practice in
    15  other jurisdiction to practice in this state in connection with an event
    16  sanctioned by New York Road Runners, as proposed  in  legislative  bills
    17  numbers  S.  4023 and A. 5972 takes effect; provided that the amendments
    18  to section 1 of chapter 192 of the laws of 2011, made by section one  of
    19  this  act,  shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be
    20  deemed repealed therewith.